GB2355610B - Optical system - Google Patents
Optical systemInfo
- Publication number
- GB2355610B GB2355610B GB9918727A GB9918727A GB2355610B GB 2355610 B GB2355610 B GB 2355610B GB 9918727 A GB9918727 A GB 9918727A GB 9918727 A GB9918727 A GB 9918727A GB 2355610 B GB2355610 B GB 2355610B
- Authority
- GB
- United Kingdom
- Prior art keywords
- optical system
- optical
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired - Fee Related
Links
- 230000003287 optical effect Effects 0.000 title 1
Classifications
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
- G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
- G02B6/293—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means
- G02B6/29304—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means operating by diffraction, e.g. grating
- G02B6/29316—Light guides comprising a diffractive element, e.g. grating in or on the light guide such that diffracted light is confined in the light guide
- G02B6/29317—Light guides of the optical fibre type
- G02B6/29319—With a cascade of diffractive elements or of diffraction operations
- G02B6/2932—With a cascade of diffractive elements or of diffraction operations comprising a directional router, e.g. directional coupler, circulator
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
- G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
- G02B6/293—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means
- G02B6/29379—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means characterised by the function or use of the complete device
- G02B6/29392—Controlling dispersion
- G02B6/29394—Compensating wavelength dispersion
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
- G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
- G02B6/293—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means
- G02B6/29379—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means characterised by the function or use of the complete device
- G02B6/29395—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means characterised by the function or use of the complete device configurable, e.g. tunable or reconfigurable
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04B—TRANSMISSION
- H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
- H04B10/25—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission
- H04B10/2507—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion
- H04B10/2513—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion due to chromatic dispersion
- H04B10/2519—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion due to chromatic dispersion using Bragg gratings
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04B—TRANSMISSION
- H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
- H04B10/50—Transmitters
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04J—MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION
- H04J14/00—Optical multiplex systems
- H04J14/02—Wavelength-division multiplex systems
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- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
- Signal Processing (AREA)
- General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Optics & Photonics (AREA)
- Electromagnetism (AREA)
- Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Dispersion Chemistry (AREA)
- Optical Communication System (AREA)
Priority Applications (6)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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NO20003413A NO20003413L (en) | 1999-06-30 | 2000-06-29 | Optical system |
AU43739/00A AU4373900A (en) | 1999-06-30 | 2000-06-29 | Optical system |
RU2000117447/09A RU2000117447A (en) | 1999-06-30 | 2000-06-29 | OPTICAL SYSTEM |
EP00305482A EP1065813A3 (en) | 1999-06-30 | 2000-06-29 | Optical system |
JP2000237713A JP2001077757A (en) | 1999-06-30 | 2000-06-30 | Optical system |
CN00126963.1A CN1188729C (en) | 1999-06-30 | 2000-06-30 | Optical system |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GBGB9915233.2A GB9915233D0 (en) | 1999-06-30 | 1999-06-30 | Optical system |
US09/391,760 US6590684B1 (en) | 1999-06-30 | 1999-09-08 | Optical system |
Publications (3)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
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GB9918727D0 GB9918727D0 (en) | 1999-10-13 |
GB2355610A GB2355610A (en) | 2001-04-25 |
GB2355610B true GB2355610B (en) | 2001-09-12 |
Family
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Family Applications (2)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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GBGB9915233.2A Ceased GB9915233D0 (en) | 1999-06-30 | 1999-06-30 | Optical system |
GB9918727A Expired - Fee Related GB2355610B (en) | 1999-06-30 | 1999-08-10 | Optical system |
Family Applications Before (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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GBGB9915233.2A Ceased GB9915233D0 (en) | 1999-06-30 | 1999-06-30 | Optical system |
Country Status (3)
Country | Link |
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US (1) | US6590684B1 (en) |
GB (2) | GB9915233D0 (en) |
HK (1) | HK1034614A1 (en) |
Families Citing this family (10)
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US6882776B2 (en) * | 2001-11-06 | 2005-04-19 | Intel Corporation | Method and apparatus of a semiconductor-based gain equalization device for optical amplifiers |
GB0205993D0 (en) | 2002-03-14 | 2002-04-24 | Southampton Photonics Ltd | Dispersion compensator based on 3rd order dispersion unchirped fbgs |
JP2004045929A (en) * | 2002-07-15 | 2004-02-12 | Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd | Dispersion compensator and wavelength dispersion compensating device |
US7212695B2 (en) * | 2003-08-05 | 2007-05-01 | Lucent Technologies Inc. | Variable optical delay line with a large continuous tuning range |
US7295738B2 (en) * | 2004-12-13 | 2007-11-13 | General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc. | System and method for performing dispersion compensation |
US8467688B2 (en) * | 2006-01-19 | 2013-06-18 | Ciena Corporation | Telecommunications transport methods and systems for extended reach low differential latency |
CA2680887C (en) * | 2007-03-22 | 2017-08-15 | National Research Council Of Canada | Planar waveguide wavelength dispersive devices with multiple waveguide input aperture |
EP2081309B1 (en) * | 2008-01-17 | 2017-05-10 | OFS Fitel, LLC | Tunable dispersion compensator with minimum differential group delay |
US7689077B1 (en) * | 2008-11-07 | 2010-03-30 | International Business Machines Corporation | Low differential delay chromatic dispersion compensator |
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Citations (9)
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GB2161612A (en) * | 1984-07-11 | 1986-01-15 | Stc Plc | Optical fibre transmission systems |
US5048909A (en) * | 1990-07-27 | 1991-09-17 | At&T Bell Laboratories | Adiabatic reflection apparatus |
GB2263599A (en) * | 1991-12-31 | 1993-07-28 | France Telecom | Optical fiber transmission system |
GB2265059A (en) * | 1992-03-04 | 1993-09-15 | Northern Telecom Ltd | Optical regenerators |
EP0684709A1 (en) * | 1994-05-25 | 1995-11-29 | AT&T Corp. | Optical communications system with adjustable dispersion compensation |
EP0732819A2 (en) * | 1995-03-15 | 1996-09-18 | Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. | Chromatic dispersion compensator and chromatic dispersion compensating optical communication system |
WO1996031024A1 (en) * | 1995-03-31 | 1996-10-03 | Pirelli Cavi E Sistemi Spa | Optical pre-amplifier |
EP0795973A1 (en) * | 1996-03-11 | 1997-09-17 | PIRELLI CAVI S.p.A. | A method of selectively compensating for the chromatic dispersion of optical signals |
WO1997037446A1 (en) * | 1996-03-29 | 1997-10-09 | British Telecommunications Public Limited Company | Chromatic dispersion compensating node |
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CA2151780A1 (en) | 1994-07-08 | 1996-01-09 | Joseph C. Carls | Removable nonporous opaque thin film layer |
US5671307A (en) * | 1995-04-10 | 1997-09-23 | Universite Laval | Use of a temperature gradient to impose a chirp on a fibre bragg grating |
IT1283372B1 (en) * | 1996-07-31 | 1998-04-17 | Pirelli Cavi S P A Ora Pirelli | DEVICE FOR THE INSERTION AND EXTRACTION OF OPTICAL SIGNALS |
US5982963A (en) * | 1997-12-15 | 1999-11-09 | University Of Southern California | Tunable nonlinearly chirped grating |
US6330383B1 (en) * | 1998-02-20 | 2001-12-11 | University Of Southern California | Disperson compensation by using tunable nonlinearly-chirped gratings |
KR100294540B1 (en) * | 1997-12-31 | 2001-07-12 | 윤종용 | Tunable chirped fiber gratings |
US6271952B1 (en) * | 1998-08-18 | 2001-08-07 | Nortel Networks Limited | Polarization mode dispersion compensation |
US6148127A (en) * | 1998-09-23 | 2000-11-14 | Lucent Technologies Inc. | Tunable dispersion compensator and optical system comprising same |
US6304691B1 (en) * | 1998-09-24 | 2001-10-16 | Lucent Technologies,Inc | Wavelength division multiplexed optical communication system having reduced short wavelength loss |
US6307988B1 (en) * | 1999-02-18 | 2001-10-23 | Lucent Technologies Inc. | Optical fiber communication system incorporating automatic dispersion compensation modules to compensate for temperature induced variations |
US6295396B1 (en) * | 1999-06-04 | 2001-09-25 | Qtera Corporation | Method and apparatus for higher-order chromatic dispersion compensation |
GB2363014B (en) * | 1999-06-30 | 2002-02-13 | Marconi Comm Ltd | Optical System |
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1999
- 1999-06-30 GB GBGB9915233.2A patent/GB9915233D0/en not_active Ceased
- 1999-08-10 GB GB9918727A patent/GB2355610B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1999-09-08 US US09/391,760 patent/US6590684B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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2001
- 2001-07-18 HK HK01105043A patent/HK1034614A1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
Patent Citations (9)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB2161612A (en) * | 1984-07-11 | 1986-01-15 | Stc Plc | Optical fibre transmission systems |
US5048909A (en) * | 1990-07-27 | 1991-09-17 | At&T Bell Laboratories | Adiabatic reflection apparatus |
GB2263599A (en) * | 1991-12-31 | 1993-07-28 | France Telecom | Optical fiber transmission system |
GB2265059A (en) * | 1992-03-04 | 1993-09-15 | Northern Telecom Ltd | Optical regenerators |
EP0684709A1 (en) * | 1994-05-25 | 1995-11-29 | AT&T Corp. | Optical communications system with adjustable dispersion compensation |
EP0732819A2 (en) * | 1995-03-15 | 1996-09-18 | Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. | Chromatic dispersion compensator and chromatic dispersion compensating optical communication system |
WO1996031024A1 (en) * | 1995-03-31 | 1996-10-03 | Pirelli Cavi E Sistemi Spa | Optical pre-amplifier |
EP0795973A1 (en) * | 1996-03-11 | 1997-09-17 | PIRELLI CAVI S.p.A. | A method of selectively compensating for the chromatic dispersion of optical signals |
WO1997037446A1 (en) * | 1996-03-29 | 1997-10-09 | British Telecommunications Public Limited Company | Chromatic dispersion compensating node |
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
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GB9918727D0 (en) | 1999-10-13 |
GB9915233D0 (en) | 1999-09-01 |
US6590684B1 (en) | 2003-07-08 |
HK1034614A1 (en) | 2001-10-26 |
GB2355610A (en) | 2001-04-25 |
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Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
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732E | Amendments to the register in respect of changes of name or changes affecting rights (sect. 32/1977) | ||
732E | Amendments to the register in respect of changes of name or changes affecting rights (sect. 32/1977) | ||
PCNP | Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee |
Effective date: 20090810 |